lekine

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Meaning:	“bed, resting place”; “rest”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	lake
Lexeme variants:	lekine; lekīne
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	leki
voc
acc	leki
gen
loc	lekine
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• lyäk-
  • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv
    • †lyake “alleged meaning obstacle” m

      	sg
      nom	lyake
      acc	lyake

    • leki “bed, resting place” “rest” msg

      	sg
      nom	leki
      acc	leki
      loc	lekine

    • leke “bed, resting place” m

      	sg	pl
      nom	leke
      acc	leke	lekeṃ
      loc		lekenne

    • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv.prs/subj2

      	sg.act
      3	lyaśäṃ

    • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv.prs2

      	pl.act
      3	lyakeṃ

      • lykemāne “lying (down)” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne
        acc	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne

    • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv.subj2

      	sg.act
      1	lyakau
      3	lyaśi

Occurrences

lekine

1	IOL Toch 1 b1	ka ṣ läkleñ ;	leki(ne)	/// 14σ 2σ b2
2	THT 339 a6	a6 /// räkwā ike-postäṃ	lekine	10-6 /// a7 ///
3	THT 514 a6	a6 /// (swañc)ain(ts)ā lyelyukoṣne	lekine	spä° /// a7 ///

lekīne

1

THT 341 b6

/// b6 /// ssont

lekīne

mänt śī /// b7